North Texas Poison Center

Amid the holiday celebrations, it's easy to forget about home safety. An expert with the North Texas Poison Center shares some risks to remember — especially those that can harm children.

A poison control specialist talks about how the hotline operates, and about the opioid abuse in Dallas County that led to its creation.

Residents and health care providers can call 214-590-4000 to speak to specialists with the North Texas Poison Center through a county partnership to address opioid overdoses.

The Texas Department of Health Services recently shipped an unproven treatment for coronavirus to at least 70 hospitals across the state. Doctors there…

Individual household cleaning products are considered safe when handled correctly. But the North Texas Poison Center says mixing any of them is a bad…

When they can’t get opioid painkillers, a growing number of addicts turn to anti-diarrhea medication like Imodium for a cheap high, but with serious…

Sold over-the-counter, activated charcoal can be beneficial when used by a medical professional. But some people use it on their own for such things as…

Lead contamination caused a crisis with the water supply in Flint, Michigan. But the CDC says at least 4 million households have children living in them…

In this edition of our series, Vital Signs, a synthetic drug that’s caused chaos in Florida and has begun to show up in Texas. Flakka is a highly…

Many just roll up pot and light a match. But a growing number of people are going to dangerous lengths to get a greater buzz. It involves extracting the…

A recent survey for the American Heart Association found 40 percent of more than 5,100 calls to poison centers for "energy drink exposure" involved…

They’ve been linked to the death of a teenager in Frisco last year, and to dozens of recent overdoses in the Dallas area. In this edition of Vital Signs,…